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2 Italians, Two Knights Defense of Fredthebear
Compiled by fredthebear
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* Some history: Games Like Polerio vs Domenico, 1610

Two Knights Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6

Two Knights Defense (Canal Variation)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Nc3

Two Knights Defense (Fried Liver Attack)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 6. Nxf7

Two Knights Defense (Fritz Variation)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4

Two Knights Defense (Max Lange Attack)
1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5

Two Knights Defense (Pinkus Variation)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Bb4+

Two Knights Defense (Traxler Variation)
see Two Knights Defense (Wilkes-Barre Variation)

Two Knights Defense (Ulvestad Variation)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5

Two Knights Defense (Wilkes-Barre Variation)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5

Two Knights Defense (Lolli)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4

gambitfan: Anti Max Lange:

1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O ♘xe4 6.♖e1 d5 7.♗xd5 ♕xd5 8.♘c3

The Max Lange attack is:

1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O ♗c5 6.e5!?

5. ... ♘xe4 seems to be a refutation of the famous so called Max Lange attack...

Two Knights Defence
Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit – C55 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.O-O Fegatello/Fried Liver Attack – C57 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.ed Nxd5 6.Nxf7! Kxf7 Two Knights' Gambit – C58 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 Wilkes-Barre/Traxler Variation – C57 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5

* The lines given above are not in the order of appearance below.

* Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 (The Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defense)

Then 3.d4 (Ponziani's Gambit) and some variation thereafter. Wikipedia shows that the following are closely related:

* 3...exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 (Center Game, by transposition)

* 3...exd4 4.Nf3 (Urusov Gambit)

o 4...Bc5 5.0-0 Nc6 (Max Lange Attack, by transposition)

o 4...Nc6 (Two Knights Defense, by transposition)

o 4...Nxe4 5.Qxd4 (Urusov Gambit Accepted)

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He spends his lifetime's dearest hours.
His food
Is cold, his lighted pipe goes slowly out ….
Yet when the game ends, when they talk about
Its ins and outs, its characteristic twist,
He's seen that winning line a master missed!
You ask him for a game – ‘I never play
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A fly and ant, on a sunny bank,
Discussed the question of their rank.
"O Jupiter!" the former said,
"Can love of self so turn the head,
That one so mean and crawling,
And of so low a calling,
To boast equality shall dare
With me, the daughter of the air?
In palaces I am a guest,
And even at your glorious feast.
Whenever the people that adore you
May immolate for you a bullock,
I'm sure to taste the meat before you.
Meanwhile this starveling, in her hillock,
Is living on some bit of straw
Which she has laboured home to draw.
But tell me now, my little thing,
Do you camp ever on a king,
An emperor, or lady?
I do, and have full many a play-day
On fairest bosom of the fair,
And sport myself on her hair.
Come now, my hearty, rack your brain
To make a case about your grain."
"Well, have you done?" replied the ant.
"You enter palaces, I grant,
And for it get right soundly cursed.
Of sacrifices, rich and fat,
Your taste, quite likely, is the first; –
Are they the better off for that?
You enter with the holy train;
So enters many a wretch profane.
On heads of kings and asses you may squat;
Deny your vaunting I will not;
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Provokes a sometimes fatal blow.
The name in which your vanity delights
Is owned as well by parasites,
And spies that die by ropes – as you soon will By famine or by ague-chill,
When Phoebus goes to cheer
The other hemisphere, –
The very time to me most dear.
Not forced abroad to go
Through wind, and rain, and snow,
My summer's work I then enjoy,
And happily my mind employ,
From care by care exempted.
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The false one and the true.
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A Game of Chess -
by T. S. Eliot
II. A GAME OF CHESS

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid — troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
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The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale
Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, " Jug Jug " to dirty ears.
And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
Footsteps shuffled on the stair.
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. " My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. " Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
— " What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? " I never know what you are thinking. Think. "

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

" What is that noise? "
The wind under the door.
" What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? " Nothing again nothing.
" Do
" You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember " Nothing? "

— I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
" Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head? " But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag —
It's so elegant
So intelligent
" What shall I do now? What shall I do? "
" I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
" With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow? " What shall we ever do? "
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said —
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself,
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart. He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there. You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set,
He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.
And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said. Oh is there, she said. Something o' that, I said. Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look. H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said. Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling. You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique. (And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face,
It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said. (She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.) The chemist said it would be all right, but I've never been the same. You are a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot — H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight. Ta ta. Goonight. Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

Bless Us, O Lord
Traditional Catholic Prayer

Bless us, O Lord,

And these Thy gifts

Which we are about to receive,

Through Thy bounty

Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

* Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t...

'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

<greersome wrote:

There once was a woman from Mizes

Who had chess sets of two different sizes

One was quite small

Almost nothing at all

But the other was large and won prizes!>

* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"

Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan

'Don't let the cat out of the bag'

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.

Sweet Caissa

Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. ~ Scottish Proverb

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

"In chess as in life, when defending or attacking, a good chess player understands that one rash, ill-conceived, bad move can worsen the position and lose the game." ― John Bain, chess author

"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion." ― Bobby Fischer

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down? A: An umbrella.

Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites? A: A URL-ologist.

Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.

Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate A: Spruce Lee.

Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.

Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.

Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college? A: A smarty.

Nov-27-22
petemcd85: <From this moment onwards , whenever <zed> follows you around and harasses you on different pages , post those instances here and then I and you would collaborate and ask admins to ban <zed> on the basis of that evidence> Do post these instances and I will review the problem and act accordingly

"I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one." – David Levy

"A bad plan is better than none at all." – Frank Marshal

The Cat, the Weasel, and the Young Rabbit

John Rabbit's palace under ground
Was once by Goody Weasel found.
She, sly of heart, resolved to seize
The place, and did so at her ease.
She took possession while its lord
Was absent on the dewy sward,
Intent on his usual sport,
A courtier at Aurora's court.
When he had browsed his fill of clover
And cut his pranks all nicely over,
Home Johnny came to take his drowse,
All snug within his cellar-house.
The weasel's nose he came to see,
Outsticking through the open door.
"You gods of hospitality!"
Exclaimed the creature, vexed sore,
"Must I give up my father's lodge?
Ho! Madam Weasel, please to budge,
Or, quicker than a weasel's dodge,
I'll call the rats to pay their grudge!"
The sharp-nosed lady made reply,
That she was first to occupy.
The cause of war was surely small –
A house where one could only crawl!
And though it were a vast domain,
Said she, "I had like to know what will
Could grant to John perpetual reign, –
The son of Peter or of Bill, –
More than to Paul, or even me."
John Rabbit spoke – great lawyer he –
Of custom, usage, as the law,
Whereby the house, from sire to son,
As well as all its store of straw,
From Peter came at length to John.
Who could present a claim, so good
As he, the first possessor, could?
"Now," said the dame, "let's drop dispute,
And go before Raminagrobis, 23
Who'll judge, not only in this suit,
But tell us truly whose the globe is."
This person was a hermit cat,
A cat that played the hypocrite,
A saintly mouser, sleek and fat,
An arbiter of keenest wit.
John Rabbit in the judge concurred,
And off went both their case to broach
Before his majesty, the furred.
Said Clapperclaw, "My kits, approach,
And put your noses to my ears:
I'm deaf, almost, by weight of years."
And so they did, not fearing anything.
The good apostle, Clapperclaw,
Then laid on each a well-armed paw,
And both to an agreement brought,
By virtue of his tusked jaw.

This brings to mind the fate
Of little kings before the great.

1 Corinthians 13 King James Version

13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

Greer County ~ Lyrics

Tom Hight is my name, an old bachelor I am,
You'll find me out West in the country of fame,
You'll find me out West on an elegant plain,
And starving to death on my government claim.
Hurrah for Greer County!
The land of the free,
The land of the bed-bug,
Grass-hopper and flea;
I'll sing of its praises
And tell of its fame,
While starving to death
On my government claim.
My house is built of natural sod,
Its walls are erected according to hod;
Its roof has no pitch but is level and plain,
I always get wet if it happens to rain.
How happy am I on my government claim,
I've nothing to lose, and nothing to gain;
I've nothing to eat, I've nothing to wear,--
From nothing to nothing is the hardest fare.
How happy am I when I crawl into bed,--
A rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
A gay little centipede, all without fear,
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
Now all you claim holders, I hope you will stay
And chew your hard tack till you're toothless and gray; But for myself, I'll no longer remain
To starve like a dog on my government claim.
My clothes are all ragged as my language is rough, My bread is corn dodgers, both solid and tough;
But yet I am happy, and live at my ease
On sorghum molasses, bacon, and cheese.
Good-bye to Greer County where blizzards arise,
Where the sun never sinks and a flea never dies, And the wind never ceases but always remains
Till it starves us all out on our government claims. Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
I'll travel back East to the girl I love best,
I'll travel back to Texas and marry me a wife,
And quit corn bread for the rest of my life.
Fredthebear is glad to me married!

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !!

A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what...

"Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves."

<The Aurora's Dance

Auroras dance, in the polar night,
A symphony of colors, pure delight.
The sky's curtain, alive and aglow,
A magical display, a celestial show.>

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course." — Billy Graham

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

* Riddle-pee-free: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

<Gone From My Sight
by Henry Van Dyke

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side, spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."

Gone where?

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast, hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.

And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone," there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

And that is dying...>

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley

<Dear Father God,

We are truly thankful for

these and all other blessings.

This we pray
in Jesus Christ's name,
Amen.>

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Helen Keller was blind and deaf when she graduated from college with honors. So what's your problem?" ― Charles F. Stanley

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways.

Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)

Arabic wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4j...

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

"A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything." — African Proverb

Ancient wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBA...

08 Zhe judge inform odiferous perj the jury ina hurree tho skie is fallin' fallin' so Weslyee rode a check zan walked out.

September 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7n...

Early Fried Liver Attack; White switches attack from K to Q
Polerio vs Domenico, 1610 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Mini K walk
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 0-1 Boden's #
Ajeeb vs C Devide, 1888 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

-Fried Liver Attack- 15 moves
Robinnette vs Randell, 1980 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Uncovered!
M Sandu vs C Gil, 1991 
(C57) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 11.Qf7#
V Tomulic vs L Batory, 2010 
(C57) Two Knights, 11 moves, 1-0

-Two Knights Def Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit- 0-1, 17 moves, Q sac
Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

-Two Knights Def Ponziani-Steinitz G- 0-1 13 moves Interference
Van den Behaerdt vs D Gedult, 1971 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

-Two Knights Def Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit- 1-0, 20 moves, Q sac
Minifie vs Berry, 1946 
(C57) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Strange startling mating pattern
Bird vs Pinkerley, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0

Mate by Castling!
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, pp. 221-22
Morphy vs N Marache, 1859  
(000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0

Robbing the back rank defender
G Hammond vs Morphy, 1857 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1

Looks an awful lot like a Fried Liver over throw
Morphy vs NN, 1858 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 1-0 Blindfold simul, NBQ#
Morphy vs P Dominguez, 1864 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

1st 2N Def. Polerio Defense Kieseritsky Variation (C58) 0-1
de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863 
(C58) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

t New Orleans (1849) Chess variants (000) 1-0
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

2nd ? Morphy didn't play it
Morphy vs NN, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

3rd Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Variation (C55) 1
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1910 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 53 moves, 1-0

4th Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Variation (C55) 1-0
Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1910 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

5th Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Var (C55) 1/2-1/2
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1910 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

6th Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk Long Var (C55) 1-0 Exch Sac
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1910 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

7th Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk Long Var (C55) 1-0 Sink hole
Chigorin vs Albin, 1897 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

8th
Steinitz vs P Meitner, 1860 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

9th
A Cheron vs L Steiner, 1928 
(C56) Two Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

11th
Duras vs Chigorin, 1906 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 0-1

12th
Lasker vs Teichmann, 1909  
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

13th
Reti vs Kmoch, 1922 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 52 moves, 1-0

14th
J Polgar vs Grischuk, 2002 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 62 moves, 0-1

15th
J J Carleton vs G Botterill, 1978 
(C18) French, Winawer, 76 moves, 0-1

17th
Blackburne vs J Witton, 1885 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

18th
W Pollock vs D G Baird, 1889  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 49 moves, 1-0

20th
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

23rd
H Reinle vs Niendler, 1921 
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

1.P-K4 Macleod Attack (C20) 0-1 Each color has a Super Pawn!
Y Rusakov vs B Verlinsky, 1947 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1

Notes by Blackburne
Blackburne vs W Evelyn, 1862  
(C21) Center Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Centralized Knight and more to come
E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

2 kNights Def./ Scotch Gambit. Kside (C45) 1-0 2 mating squares
J Vasser vs T Brookshear, 1981 
(C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 1-0

Italian Game 3...Nh6? (C50) 1-0 Develop, Castle, Attack, Mate
Koltanowski vs Day, 1960 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Notes by Morphy; Black missed the better move
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 0-1

The Golden Treasury of Chess says it all!
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1

John Saunders, CHESS, March 2012, p. 40.
M Corden vs Smyslov, 1970 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (C55) 1-0 Pin to win
P Kerkovius vs A Mandelbaum, 1894 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Played January 2nd, 1883, at the Chess Club on Common St.,
Steinitz vs G Generes, 1883 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

World Blitz Championship (2016), Doha QAT, rd 17, Dec-30
S Zhigalko vs S Agdestein, 2016 
(C57) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

NEVER assume that there is no "Zwischenzug mit Mittelschmerz".
G Elliott vs D Mitchell, 1951 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Triple sac ending in Boden's mate...
O Balk vs R J Barnes, 1926 
(C58) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

2 Kts Def. Polerio Def Bb5+ (C58) 1-0Conjure up a Constellation
Anderssen vs Falkbeer, 1851 
(C58) Two Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

A one of a kind knight sacrifice for an underpromotion mate!!!
A Robbins vs Showalter, 1890 
(C59) Two Knights, 22 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: see Dubois-Steinitz (C50) 0-1Demolition on Kside
V Knorre vs Chigorin, 1874 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian Game (C50) 1-0 Good to know miniature - Legall's Mate
A Cheron vs Jeanloz, 1929 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 8 moves, 1-0

It's a mistake to castle too early in the Giuoco Pianissimo (w
Fucini vs Olivari, 1895 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Fishin' Pole Attack - Never castle when there is a kNight on g5
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 9 moves, 1-0

CVB walked out... An All-Time Famous Masterpiece
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Italian, Deutz Gambit (C55) 1-0Get there Furstest w/the Mostest
Koltanowski vs Furst, 1960 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C55)1-0 91-year old handles isolani
Koltanowski vs M Stobbe, 1994 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 56 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Bxf7+ deflects Black K from defending Q
I Diaz Fernandez vs J Saenz Martinez, 1996
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Uncommon smothered mate miniature
B Hoffmann vs E Heilmann, 1904 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 A different kind of mating pattern
B Wall vs O Rodriguez Vargas, 1979 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 0-1 Chopped on diagonals
Coles vs C Ashmore, 1978 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 A pin and a super e- pawn picnic
Andrews vs F Janssens, 1864 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Bxf7+ followed by Ne6 traps the Black Q
W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Tarrasch owns the open files
Tarrasch vs Landau, 1880 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 1/2-1/2 Central action
N Jauk vs N Laakian, 1994
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Scotch Gambit, Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 A good game to know
Euwe vs G Kroone, 1919 
(C56) Two Knights, 14 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Double Gambit Accepted (C56) 1-0 Arabian Mate
E Holt vs T Bingamon, 1947 
(C56) Two Knights, 14 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 0-1Too Wild and Wooly
Reti vs Lasker, 1908 
(C56) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 Thunder & Lightening
B Wall vs Morales, 1974 
(C56) Two Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 Sacs on the 6th!!
Chigorin vs Alapin, 1885 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56)Nice finish!
A Dadian vs M Bitcham, 1892 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0Brilliant smothered#
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859 
(C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack / Max Lange (C56) 1-0 Q dual
Teichmann vs Allies, 1905 
(C56) Two Knights, 35 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) · 1-0 miniature
C Wreford-Brown vs Gibbs, 1918 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 0-1 8.Re1+ Kf8
Rubinstein vs G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

s Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 1-0
T Finnbogadottir vs H Ragnarsson, 2011 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Atk (C55) 1-0 Deflection Sac
B Kazic vs B Vukovic, 1940 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 0-1 8.Re1+ Kf8
Muller vs Bayer, 1908 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Variation(C55) 1-0Hog tied
Tartakower vs NN, 1933 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Spielmann Def (C55) 1-0 Evans G
Euwe vs K Bergsma, 1925 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Max Lange prime rib 2 Ancient model game, theoretical moves
H Vatter vs Nunn, 1986 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk (C55) 0-1Irksome Q+
S Tavares vs M Ebeling, 1981 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

Max Lange prime rib 1 e5, ...d5, c4 & f6 takes, dangerous line
J C Moore vs M J Read, 1981 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Var (C55) 1-0 R deflection
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Fritz (C57) 0-1 ANALYSIS
Fischer vs R Burger, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Fritz Variation (C57) 1-0 Throwin' Haymakers!
Walker vs A Wright, 1967 
(C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fritz Var 5.Nd4 (C57) 0-1 Swallow's Tail Mate
N Ninov vs I Cheparinov, 2005 
(C57) Two Knights, 37 moves, 0-1

2 Kts Traxler Counterattack Bishop sac (C57) 0-1 3 piece mate
L Larsson vs C Erlandsson, 1966 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Traxler Counterattack (C57) 1/2-1/2
V Kirillov vs I Zilber, 1957
(C57) Two Knights, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack K March line (C57) 0-1
C M Grider vs F Pratt, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Shirov uses the Wilkes-Barre (Traxler) ... and DEVASTATES!!!
I Efimov vs Shirov, 1991 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

2 kNights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac (C57) 0-1Discovered+
H Leo vs K Dyke, 1974 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Traxler Counterattk N sac (C57) 0-1Beautiful play by Hemingway.
S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57)0-1Sharp as a cat's claws
Y Estrin vs J Nun, 1965 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57)0-1Notes by Karel Traxler
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57)0-1 Two deadly bishops
Apartsev vs I A Zaitsev, 1963 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

2 Knights, Traxler Counterattack Knight sac line (C57) 0-1
Kerner vs A Brinckmann, 1955 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack Knt sac (C57) 13 move #
Abdullaev vs Razmolodin, 1967 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack Knight sac line (C57)1-0
P Leisebein vs Wolfgang Pohl, 1990 
(C57) Two Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac (C57) 0-1 Flames~
Bitanov vs Schmidt, 1971 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57) 0-1
B Ellena vs B Wall, 1979 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Two Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattack N sac line (C57) 0-1Run around
M Krc vs G Engelhardt, 1965 
(C57) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Ulvestad Variation (C57) 0-1 Sizzlin'
K Burger vs Zweiburg, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Ulvestad Variation (C57) · 0-1
S Kurkin vs Y Neelov, 1960 
(C57) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Ulvestad 5...b5 (C57) 0-1 Party on 2nd rank
Naiditsch vs Carlsen, 2006 
(C57) Two Knights, 54 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: 2Knights Def. Ulvestad (C57) 1-0 Killer baby puns
Rossolimo vs R G Wade, 1950 
(C57) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Dangerous!
Z Lach vs D Brychta, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 10...NxRa1
H Steiner vs C Sensenig, 1945 
(C57) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0K retreat
B Wall vs Bell, 1979 
(C57) Two Knights, 9 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Know thy theory!
R Maidana vs P Goette, 2001 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Do you like Fried Liver?
Speelman vs J T Fletcher, 1969 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0Longest Liver?
Renate Schmidt vs R Solice, 1993 
(C57) Two Knights, 89 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver (C57) 0-1 Black takes over
H Brehmer vs F Menz, 1999 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver (C57) 0-1 6...Na5 White K walk
V Rodrigues vs N Laakian, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 A short K trot
A Temirova vs E Tweddell, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Fried is right
M de Lourdes Ferraz Ramos vs S Cubas, 1995 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knights Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 DK analysis
Shirov vs S Sulskis, 2014 
(C57) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 Basic blog notes
Znosko-Borovsky vs NN, 1932 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 K walk
von der Lasa vs C Mayet, 1839 
(C57) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

1890 Book Defense to the Fried Liver
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1890 
(C59) Two Knights, 38 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Bishop + line (C58) 0-1 Bold N Sac
A Gorbatov vs V Yandemirov, 2007 
(C58) Two Knights, 29 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def B Check line (C58) 1-0Shrewd R Sac
M Kravtsiv vs J Radulski, 2012 
(C58) Two Knights, 33 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def B Check line (C58) 0-1Exchange Sac
O Kurmann vs Naiditsch, 2014 
(C58) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Bishop Check line (C58) 0-1 Pins
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 
(C58) Two Knights, 24 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def. 6.Bb5+ Be7 (C58) 1-0 R Skewer
Morozevich vs I Sokolov, 1999 
(C58) Two Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def B Check (C58) 1-0 d4 saves the day
Dufresne vs von der Lasa, 1857 
(C58) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def B Check (C58) 0-1 Bf2 a bit late
Anderssen vs von der Lasa, 1853 
(C58) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

2 Kts Polerio Def 5...Na5 Kieseritsky (C58) 0-1 Clearance sac
V Shvydenko vs Levertov, 1963 
(C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def. Kieseritsky Var (C58) 0-1 R Sac
F Deacon vs Kolisch, 1860 
(C58) Two Knights, 24 moves, 0-1

Art of Attack in Chess by Vladamir Vukovic, p. 83
O W Field vs O Tenner, 1922 
(C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow (C58) 0-1 Dbl Dbld Ps
Kaidanov vs Onischuk, 2008 
(C58) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow Var (C58) 1-0 Q sac
Van der Wiel vs S Ernst, 2004 
(C58) Two Knights, 23 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 Supercuts $
V Popov vs G Kiselev, 2007 
(C59) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 shoved back
M Hamer vs L Andreassen, 2007
(C59) Two Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Polerio, Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 K walk
Fomenko vs L Radchenko, 1967 
(C59) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 Weak back rank
A Silver vs A Wahono, 2006 
(C59) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 G-file battle
Morozevich vs A Graf, 1994 
(C59) Two Knights, 59 moves, 0-1

2Knts Def. Polerio Def 5...Na5 Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Castle oppos
Timman vs A Bisguier, 1974 
(C59) Two Knights, 44 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense Suhle Def (C59) 1/2-1/2
Karjakin vs M Ragger, 2001 
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian, Two Knights Def. Polerio Def. Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 Corr
Y Estrin vs R Strand, 1966 
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

Real or invented; First published as "Blood-curdling chess"
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983 
(C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0

White opens the h-file for Black's mating attack
K Dietrich vs J Hempel, 1966 
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. 2 Knights Attack (C57) 1-0
L B Taboada vs F Fuentes Dominguez, 2001 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

100 best games of 20th century by Andrew Soltis
Y Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965 
(C57) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Traxler boldly enters the labyrinth.
B Mikyska vs Traxler, 1896 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

1964 Fischer simul exhibition tour; 2 Knights Def. Lolli Attack
Fischer vs T Rouse, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 Spearhead
E Schiller vs Busch, 1970 
(C57) Two Knights, 11 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 17.Qf7#
A Davis vs C F Tears, 1944 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

2 kNights, Giuoco Pianissimo (C50) 0-1 Often Repeated
S Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1

Rook Lift, Queen sacrifice and Arabian Mate all in one!
Koltanowski vs NN, 1945 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C50) · 0-1
Shumov vs Kolisch, 1862 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game, Delayed Fried Liver Attack (C50) 1-0 Dovetail #
P Vasic vs D Ristovski, 2003 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical 4.0-0. Albin Gambit (C50) 1-0 Non-stop
I K Sukandar vs M Pleim, 2004 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo sac attack! (C50) 0-1 Dubois-Steinitz 1862
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C50) 1-0 Dbl N sacs
Tarrasch vs Taubenhaus, 1891 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Center Holding Variation (C53)
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1

Computers Go Nuts
Schlechter vs P Meitner, 1899 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0

Remove the defender, pin w/a threat of mate
Traxler vs Duras, 1902 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0

Schlechter Cuts Loose
Schlechter vs Walter, 1896 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Greco Gambit Traditional Line (C54) 1-0 "Queen of the Night"
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def (C55) 0-1 Q sac, Knights smack!
Lewis vs E L Dayton, 1942 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 0-1

Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)
Tal vs J Miller, 1988 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

White clears the way with minor pieces for her majesty to finis
W Spoelman vs A Bensdai, 2001 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

A Brit in Greece used Italian to hoodwink a Frenchie in Russia
Short vs Fressinet, 2010 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (C55) 1-0 Q sac, discovered+
Kolisch vs Shumov, 1862 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: 2 Knights Def (C55) 0-1 Reinfeld puzzle
J Smith vs G Derrickson, 1860 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Def (C55) 1-0 N sac into Spearhead #
Koltanowski vs NN, 1953 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def (C55) 0-1 Fire on the g-file!
Boucek vs Duras, 1902 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Def (C55) 1-0 Kside P majority
T Lematschko vs T Kobaidze, 1968 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

A Two Knights player must play the center fork trick here
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1916 
(C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 0-1 Concentrated
Tagansky vs I Glazkov, 1975 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

Soon to be Discovered and Black's Q goes
J Armas vs T Hartung, 1988 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense d3, Nc3 Copycat (C55) 0-1 Super kNight
J A Blanco vs Capablanca, 1901 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 77 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0 Slaughter
P Ricardi vs J Faustino, 2001 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Modern Bishop's Opening 2Knights Def. (C55) 1-0 Very efficient
Kramnik vs J Polat, 2001
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0
Vitiugov vs T Haimovich, 2016
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 57 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0
K Piorun vs A Puranik, 2015 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 52 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def - Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0 Pile on pin
Kasparov vs S Brown, 1998 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening 4.d3, 7.c3 (C55) 1-0
Kasparov vs Morozevich, 1995 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0 Ng7?! fails
B Carlier vs R Burton, 1987 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Modern Bi's Opening (C55) 0-1 g-file spearhead
Karjakin vs Gelfand, 2009 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

TwKnights Def. Modern B's Opening (C55)0-1 2 steps forward, 1
Kudrin vs M Hebden, 1983
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 54 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1/2-1/2 Symmetrical
A Dounia vs Geller, 1980 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1/2-1/2 Uneventful
Psakhis vs Geller, 1983
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening(C55) 0-1 Nibbling off pawns
S Jessel vs M Hebden, 2008 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 75 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening(C55) 0-1 Zugzwang
E Gardon vs M Hebden, 2006 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 47 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening(C55) 0-1 Lawn mower mate
D J Ledger vs M Hebden, 2004 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening(C55) 1/2-1/2 Symmetrical Ps
Chandler vs Romanishin, 1987
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening(C55) 0-1 2units out-of-play
R Pert vs M Hebden, 2001
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening(C55) 0-1 2Ns beat 2Bs
C W Baker vs M Hebden, 2001
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

Italian, Two Knights Def. Perreux Var (C55) 1-0 Kingdom to Kdom
Anderssen vs de Riviere, 1858 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Perreux Var (C55) 1-0 Spearhead
Schroeder vs H Illgen, 1926 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Black must protect direct attack with 6 ...Qe7 as here in Lolli
Sax vs Smejkal, 1975 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Kg1 Qh4 8.Qf3?
F Nijsen vs Peter van Diepen, 1973 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 0-1

5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Kg1 Qh4 8.Qf1
O Soyka vs B Tot, 1948 
(C57) Two Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense (C57) 0-1 Rare Qe2 line
M Amini vs R Gralla, 2010 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle (C59) 0-1 Photo of scoresheet
L Eisenberg vs Capablanca, 1909 
(C59) Two Knights, 63 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac (C57) 1/2- Polite
White Rook Youth Club vs Tal, 1970 
(C57) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

G8 in 100 Master Games of Modern Chess by Tartakower & DuMont
Szabo vs W J Muhring, 1946 
(C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Perreux Var (C55) 0-1 Wide open
NN vs Schiffers, 1877 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

G45 in 500 Master Games of Chess by S. Tartakower & J. DuMont
Taubenhaus vs E Schallopp, 1890 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 0-1 Q deflection sac offer
E Schallopp vs Charousek, 1898 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

Italian, Two Kts Def. Perreux Var (C55) 0-1 Arabian # in middle
Marshall / Souweine vs Elwell / Napier, 1896 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

Game 45 in My 60 Memorable Games by Robert James Fischer
Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1963 
(C59) Two Knights, 29 moves, 1-0

E Kotzem vs V Brat, 1989 
(C57) Two Knights, 43 moves, 0-1

V Ciocaltea vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1954 
(C59) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Winkel vs Alkmaar, 1856 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 34 moves, 0-1

K Davidson vs D Moody, 1990 
(C59) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Mittenthal vs T Crispin, 1974 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

M Socko vs N Batsiashvili, 2014 
(C59) Two Knights, 71 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 ...Nxc2+ fails
Alan Balkany vs J Longuski, 1973 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow Var (C58) 1-0 Q vs 2 Rs
Short vs S P Sethuraman, 2008
(C58) Two Knights, 86 moves, 1-0

2 Knights Def. Traxler Counterattk Knight sac line (C57) 0-1 !!
J Cesena vs J Dyke, 1979 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

L Belov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1961 
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

G Bosikashvili vs D Lomsadze, 2012
(C59) Two Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

R W Depew vs R E Shortz, 1968 
(C58) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

V Rjanova vs A Kashlinskaya, 2013
(C58) Two Knights, 24 moves, 0-1

M Strange vs J Aagaard, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

D Archan vs M Sycova, 1994
(C59) Two Knights, 24 moves, 0-1

Rajakovac vs M Stojkovic, 1988 
(C59) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

M Kinsigo vs I Benko, 1962 
(C59) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

A Uzsoki vs G Kluger, 1972
(C59) Two Knights, 29 moves, 1-0

Short vs M Hebden, 2006 
(C58) Two Knights, 59 moves, 1-0

G Gratz vs A Bisguier, 1991 
(C58) Two Knights, 37 moves, 1-0

Anand vs A Beliavsky, 1991 
(C57) Two Knights, 44 moves, 0-1

Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Yankovich Var (C58) 0-1Awesome finish
A Passov vs J Sammour-Hasbun, 1991 
(C58) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

R Ervin vs P Cleghorn, 1972
(C57) Two Knights, 37 moves, 0-1

Two Knts Def. Polerio Def B+ line (C58) 0-1 Q trap!
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 
(C58) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1

H van Altena vs Euwe, 1927 
(C56) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

"Isai Little Prayer for You" (game of the day Nov-02-2016)
V Heuer vs I Rosenfeld, 1956 
(C58) Two Knights, 24 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: 2 Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk B Sac line (C57) 0-1
D MacMurray vs A S Kussman, 1937 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: 2 Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1
I Braskin vs L Simchen, 1989 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) · 0-1
J Koziorkova vs P Flaisigova, 1994
(C56) Two Knights, 57 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Open Variation (C55) 1-0 14.?
A Sokolsky vs Navrodsky, 1944 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Lolli Attk (C57) 1-0 11Bb3 ahead
Fischer vs L Redman, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Traxler Countrattk B Sac line (C57) 0-1 12...?
Sils vs L Schmid, 1971 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0
Fischer vs M Radojcic, 1963 
(C59) Two Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

"Blood on the Trax" (game of the day May-25-2018)
Team White vs Team Black, 2017 
(C57) Two Knights, 55 moves, 1-0

Two Knts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 7...Ke6 is mandatory
D Shirley vs B Ellena, 1981 
(C57) Two Knights, 8 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Black K moves 5X
D Weir vs J Messenger, 1951 
(C57) Two Knights, 11 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2 Ns Def. Polerio Def B+ Line (C58) 1-0 Central Pins
L Mihasi vs M Rade, 2008 
(C58) Two Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Perreux Var (C55) 0-1Moscow bully B
Y Estrin vs Koptev, 1941 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2 Knts Def. Traxler Counterattk B sac (C57) 0-1 Simul
Fischer vs R Henry / R Thacker, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2 Knts Def. Traxler Counterattk B sac (C57) 0-1Tripled
Y Estrin vs I A Zaitsev, 1969 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Traxler Countrattk (C57) 0-1 18...?
D Cavallo vs J F Opalek, 1968 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2 Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line(C57) 0-1lovely
J Sosna vs M Muron, 1987 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2 Kts Def. Polerio Def Yankovich Var (C58) 1-0 Stockfi
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927 
(C58) Two Knights, 63 moves, 1-0

Italian vs. Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 He read up!
L Barden vs W Adams, 1950 
(C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Moscow
Ragozin vs Gligoric, 1947 
(C59) Two Knights, 45 moves, 1-0

G73 The NIC Book of Chess Improvement edited by S. Giddins
Adams vs Onischuk, 1997 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: 2 Kts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 wicked
C Zhu vs M Sana, 2008 
(C59) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

2Knts Def. Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 1-0 Screamin' Qs!
B Knorr vs L Simchen, 1990 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Kieseritsky (C58) 1-0 Pawn pyramid
Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956 
(C58) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack (C57) 0-1
V Vorobiev vs Litvinov, 1948 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian, Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 1/2- Draw of the Year
Carlsen vs Giri, 2021 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian, Two Knights Defense d3, Nc3 (C55) 1-0 Stockfish notes
A Esipenko vs Carlsen, 2022 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

With 13...Bxh2+!! Black could have pulled off a neat win.
Fischer vs D Allan, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs I Nei, 1973
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bronstein vs Plachetka, 1978
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1/2-1/2
M Vukcevich vs Westerinen, 1976 
(C59) Two Knights, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Goering Var (C59) 1-0 23...?
Naiditsch vs S Halkias, 2007 
(C59) Two Knights, 55 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Open Var (C55) 1-0 Prague Combo
J Fichtl vs J Florian, 1943 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knts Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow Var (C58) 1-0 Turn!
J Zhu vs W Doudou, 2015 
(C58) Two Knights, 25 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0Exch Sac Attk
J Balint vs Chernev, 1938 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Goering Var (C59) 0-1
K Honfi vs Tal, 1966 
(C59) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Italian, Two Knts Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 0-1 armageddon
A Tari vs Carlsen, 2023 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Nakhmanson Gambit (C56) 1/2-1/2Windmill
S Bruechner vs H Hecht, 1960 
(C56) Two Knights, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian Game: Rousseau Gambit (C50) 1-0 Notes by J. Lowenthal
Morphy vs Worrall, 1859  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

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